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UNINA9910830425803321 |
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Kaye Brian H (Brian Howard), <1932-> |
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Golf balls, boomerangs, and asteroids : the impact of missiles on society / / Brian H. Kaye |
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Weinheim ; ; New York, : VCH, c1996 |
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1-281-75848-5 |
9786611758486 |
3-527-61483-4 |
3-527-61482-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (439 p.) |
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Force and energy |
Guided missiles |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Golf Balls, Boomerangs and Asteroids; Table of Contents; Word Finder; Chapter 1 Why do Golf Balls have Dimples?; 1.1 Warning: Golf Balls are Potentially Lethal!; 1.2 Featheries, Gutties, and Composite Balls; 1.3 Bouncing Balls and Leaping Athletes; 1.4 Golf Balls with Perfect Centres of Gravity; 1.5 What turns an Innocent Dimpled White Ball into a Lethal Missile?; 1.6 Golf Ball Dynamics: Impulsive Deformation and a Lift from Dr . Magnus; 1.7 The Scientific Study of Dimples; 1.8 Floating Golf Balls and Aggressive Crocodiles; 1.9 Golf Balls in the 21St Century; References |
Chapter 2 The Science of Bows and Arrows2.1 Using Potential Energy to Launch a Missile; 2.2 Working at Storing Potential Energy in a Bow; 2.3 Graphical Illustration of the Energy Stored in a Shielded Bow; 2.4 Vane Strategies; 2.5 The Composite Bow; 2.6 The Crossbow and William Tell; 2.7 How Big should an Arrow Be?; 2.8 The Bow and Arrow in Military History; 2.9 Pulleys for Bows; 2.10 Metaphorical Missiles and Metamorphosed Bows; References; Chapter 3 Racketeering Missiles; 3.1 Love and Tennis; 3.2 Tennis Balls - Flannel Wrap and Gas!; 3.3 Vibrations, Sweet Spots, and Space Age Rackets |
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3.4 Serving the Ball3.5 How Do They Measure the Velocity of those Speeding Balls?; 3.6 Slow Down, You Move Too Fast; 3.7 Carbon Feathers and Plastic Skirts for Battered Birds; 3.8 Are You Being Servied? (The Robot is Here); References; Chapter 4 Bolas, Boomerangs and Bouncing Bombs; 4.1 Gauchos, Bolas, and Spinning Tops; 4.2 Boxcar Integrators and Lasers; 4.3 Some Circumspect Vocabulary; 4.4 Killing Giants and Catching Fish; 4.5 Dancing Aborigines and Skipping Stones; 4.6 Deadly Missiles of Cricket and Baseball; 4.7 Keep Your Eye Away from the Ball?; References |
Chapter 5 Darts, Stone Disks and Boomerangs5.1 Javelins and Snow Snakes; 5.2 Bernoulli's Principle, Venturi Throats, and Pitot Tubes; 5.3 Stone Disks and Flying Dish Pans?; 5.4 Killing Sticks and Boomerangs; 5.5 Flying Toys of Tomorrow; References; Chapter 6 Pea Shooters, Rockets and Rifles; 6.1 Peashooters and Blowpipes; 6.2 From Muskets to Machine Guns; 6.3 Shrapnel, Dumdums and Devastators; 6.4 Laser Rifles and Swords of Light; 6.5 Moon Shots; 6.6 Tit for Tat in Missile Development; 6.7 Manufacturing with Missiles; 6.8 Fatal Fiesta Frolicking?; References |
Chapter 7 Rockets: From Fireworks to Trans-Galactic Missiles7.1 Rockets and Newton's Third Law of Motion; 7.2 Getting Rockets off the Ground; 7.3 What Goes Up, Must Come Down (Most of the Time!); 7.4 Heat Transfer Mechanisms; 7.5 Designing Heat Protection Shields for Returning Space Missiles and Capsules; 7.6 Did Astronauts See Shooting Starts in Their Eyes?; 7.7 Circulating Missile Messangers; 7.8 Interplanetary and Trans-Galactic Missiles with a Message; 7.9 The Future of Fireworks Displays; References; Chapter 8 Cosmic Collisions; 8.1 Target Earth |
8.2 The Dynamics of Asteroid Collisions on the Surface of the Earth |
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Exciting reading for anyone with a curious mind!'Walking one day by a golf course in Wisconsin, I was startled to hear a sharp bang as a golf ball narrowly missed my head and hit a tree. My companion cheerfully remarked, 'That could have killed you, you know.' I picked up the innocent looking little white ball and looked at it with new respect.'Prompted by this perilous experience, Brian Kaye has written a delightful and informative book on the design and behavior of different kinds of missiles from golf balls, arrows, and slingshots to comets and rockets to outer space. You'll |
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UNINA9910735782203321 |
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Autore |
Sahni Manoj |
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Titolo |
Novel Developments in Futuristic AI-based Technologies / / edited by Manoj Sahni, José M. Merigó, Walayat Hussain |
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Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2023.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (276 pages) |
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Collana |
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Algorithms for Intelligent Systems, , 2524-7573 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MerigóJosé M |
HussainWalayat |
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Disciplina |
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Computational intelligence |
Artificial intelligence |
Machine learning |
Image processing—Digital techniques |
Computer vision |
Computational Intelligence |
Artificial Intelligence |
Machine Learning |
Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics |
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Fuzzy Risk Analysis Assessment Applied to Value Stream Mapping -- The Financial Portfolio Selection using the Multiple Criteria Hierarchical Process and the Markowitz Model -- Forecasting the Exchange Rate in Diffuse Time Series by Hybridization of the OWA Operator in an Adaptive ARANFIS Neuronal Network -- Parallelizing RP2-NGSA-II for the Multicriteria Ranking Problem of Sets of Medium-sized Alternatives Through OpenMP -- Study of Some Properties and Behavior of the Group of Signed Quadratic Residues and Its Applications to Cryptography -- A Bibliometric Analysis of Problem Structuring Between 1980 and 2019 -- An Improved Approach in Cloud-Assisted IoT Infrastructure with Anonymous Key Issuing -- Internet of Things based Digital Life to Provide Assisted Living for Visually Challenged Persons -- Impact of Information and Communication Technology on |
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Tourist Spending -- Smartphone Retail-purchase Buying Intentions: Investigation of Planned Behaviour in Indian Context -- Simulation with a Lean approach in Industry 5.0. |
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The book offers many ideas based on the artificial intelligence techniques, fueled by digital technologies that can be implemented in human lives to make them smarter and more intelligent to survive in this rapidly changing world. This book contains diverse applications based on intelligence systems, such as in the development of innovative digital technologies based on cloud-based infrastructure, agriculture supply-chain management, technology that enables the visually impaired to live more comfortably and confidently in their daily lives. It contains new techniques of encryption and decryption, development of various decision-making systems, artificial intelligence techniques in medical areas, etc. This book addresses newly developed technologies and key ideas for new theory which can be used in the development of more advanced and intelligent world for better future. |
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